Cut File Inspiration by Melissa Mann

January 21, 2016

Good Morning, everyone! Melissa here, and I have a brand new layout to share today using the January 2016 digital cut files and the exclusive kit. I really loved the heart cut file from this month and wanted to incorporate the smaller cut file on my layout.

I cut out four cards and backed each one with pattern paper. I layered these on top of the base of my layout. Each panel was filled with something: picture, journaling card with typed sentiments on it, wood veneer, and stickers. I love a good grid layout since they provide the perfect blocks for embellishments!

Products used: Elle’s Studio January 2016 Exclusive Kit, January Digital Cut Files, Vellum Hearts, Cienna Pattern Paper, and Love You More Pattern Paper.

Thanks for stopping by!

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Best Ever Card by Daniela Dobson

January 20, 2016

Hi, Daniela here sharing a card I created using our Exclusive January kit and extras. I started by cutting the heart cut file with my silhouette. I resized it to fit a standard card size. I backed the open windows with patterned paper from Cienna Collection Pack.

I created foiled polka dots that I adhered to the card and I attached two vellum hearts with a staple. In addition, I adhered a little “xoxo” tag at the top right corner. For the sentiment, I used a tag from the kit that I adhered using 3D foam adhesive. I tucked some sewing thread under it and sprinkled some color shine all over the card front.

Products used: Cienna Paper Collection Pack, Elle’s Studio January 2016 Kit, Vellum Hearts, January Digital Cut File.

Thanks for stopping by! Be sure to share your projects using Elle’s Studio Exclusive kit and extras that are available now while supplies last!

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PROJECT LIFE | NEW YEAR

January 19, 2016

Happy New Year! Today I am sharing with you my opening page for my 2016 Album!

I love the way my album progressed last year. I took an approach that was more manageable with our current pace of life, and decided to document the weeks/events that stood out to me. I included the big and little moments, yet didn’t feel the pressure to format a spread for every single week. I look to approach this year with similar structure.

Cover pages are one of my favorite pages to design! I love adding photos and elements that describe my family. We had a family photo session this fall, so I used a few of our favorite photos. I printed them all black and white, except for one photo to add a pop of color.

I primarily used the January 2016 Kit for this spread. I also added our fabulous Adore You Acrylic and Vellum Hearts as large focus pieces in the pockets. I absolutely love the 2016 Calendar 3×4 Tags! I added the “B” side of January (“Fresh Start”) to a pocket for my intro page– the perfect sentiment for the New Year!

Products used: Elle’s Studio January 2016 Kit, Adore You Acrylic, Elle’s Studio November 2015 Kit, Vellum Hearts, Letter and Number Stickers- Red, 2016 Calendar 3×4 Tags

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Using the Adore You cut file

January 18, 2016

Today we are excited to share two projects that both use the Adore You cut file from our January cut file set! First up is Michelle Wedertz:

Making a really big title is a super easy way to make a big impact on a project and that is what I did with the “Adore You” cut file.

However, even though I wanted the title to be an attention getter, I still wanted the photo to be the main focus of the layout and by cutting the title from white cardstock and layering it on top of the white cardstock background creating a tone on tone effect, I kept the title subtle and let the photo pop off the page.

Supplies: January Exclusive Kit, Thankful Paper Collection, and January Cut Files.

And, next we have Allie Stewart sharing how she used the cut file:Hello there! I had so much fun using the “Adore You” image from the cut files to create my layout.

This layout was super easy, but a wee bit time consuming. To create this layout, I enlarged the “Adore You” in Silhouette Studio to take up most of the page. I used the offset button to create the outline where the stitching is. Next, I separated the offset shape and the original shape. I used the sketch pen to trace the offset shape onto my background, then stitched around it. This is where the time-part comes in! I put on some Netflix and stitched away!

Then, I cut the original shape from another patterned it paper, and adhered it to the page. A few simple embellishments, and the page was done! I love the look of a big title, and I think the stitching makes it POP!

Products used: Thankful Paper Collection, Thankful Stickers, January Cut File.

We’d love to see how you use cut files in a BIG way! Make sure you share your projects with us in the Member Gallery. Don’t forget to check out the shop for the exclusive January Kit and Cut Files, and have a great day!

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We have two winners to announce…

January 18, 2016

We have two winners to announce – each won our Little Moments collection! The winners are:

Stephanie Kaye

Cherri Simon

Congrats, ladies! Please email us at info@shopellesstudio.com with your shipping address to claim your prize!

We were SO excited to read everyone’s comments and see everyone’s excitement over this new collection – thank you all so much for taking the time to enter our contest! This new collection will start shipping to stores the first week of February and is now available for wholesale pre-order, so make sure you call your local scrapbook store or email your favorite online store and request this collection! This collection should also be available in our shop in March.

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Adore You Layout by Jamie Leija

January 16, 2016

Hey everyone! Jamie here, and I’m a big fan of color. I love pulling out a color story from a kit and sticking to it. For this page, I went for blue and green + black and white in the January kit. The gradient journaling card was the jumping off point! I pulled in a few sheets from the Thankful collection, a tag and some letter stickers to add pops of color.

I love to create from scratch. I started with a white background and used the “You’re The Sweetest” stamp set and some heart die cuts for the foundation of the page. Even though the hearts were die cut from white cardstock, I added them around the page for some additional tone on tone texture.

Products used: Thankful Paper Collection, Elle’s Studio January Kit, Adore You acrylic, You’re The Sweetest stamp, Letters & Numbers – Mint, January Digital Cut File.

I wanted to create a page about and for my partner, just a reminder that I adore him. We’ve had some not great things happen to us lately (none of them relationship based) and I only think they’ve made us stronger as a couple.

Did the January kit inspire a color story for you? We’d love to see the projects you created this month! Share them with us in our Member Gallery or on Instagram with the hashtag #ellesstudio!

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In Your Planner with Gina and Candi

January 15, 2016

Hi Everyone, Gina here today and I am going to share with you how I am using the Elle’s Studio January kit + extras in my planner this month. At the beginning of each month I like to take the time to write out important dates, appointments and reminders. I then go back later on and add more as the month goes on.

I like that the embellishments in the January kit have such a fresh and vibrant look to them. What a great way to start off the year! Here is a shot of my month.

The “You’re The Sweetest” stamp is great for adding to your planner pages. I used the little heart from the stamp set on the right side of my page.

I love lots of layers and embellishments on my projects. I used a tiny attacher to adhere tabs and bits and pieces in my planner. It works really well for attaching them, and works great with vellum pieces too, so that you don’t have to worry about adhesive showing through.

The scrapbooker in me always likes to add machine stitching to my projects. This gets tricky when you are working with a book or planner page. The pages are flimsy and easy to tear, So I tend to stitch a few pieces before adhering them to my page. I like to leave the loose ends long for looks.

Next up is Candi sharing a spread from her planner, too!

Hi everyone, Candi here! For my weekly planner spread I used lots of die cuts and tags from the January Kit to highlight some important details of my week!

On the left hand side of my week I used the 3×4 “Focusing On:” tag to jot down that I need to drink more of that lovely thing called water {wink} and on the bottom I am able to plan out my meals for the week! I loved using the Jordan Alphabet Stamp Sets (Solid + Outline) to spell out “Meals”!

On the right hand side I used the January kit to embellish the page, along with some of the Letters & Number gray stickers. Using a single hole punch, I punched a hole in the little 2×2 Heart Tag for an added element to my planner spread.

Do you use Elle’s Studio products in your planner? Share them with us in our Member Gallery or on Instagram with the hashtag #ellesstudio!

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Sketch Thursday

January 14, 2016

Hey there! It’s Jen with a new Thursday sketch for you. This sketch is based on one of my favorite layouts in the Design Team Gallery by Melissa Mann. I love the impact that the large photo has on this layout (and it’s so cute!), but I wanted to show you how you can achieve a similar look using any size photos.

I used two 4×6 photos, the January kit + vellum hearts, and some patterned papers from the Thankful and Joyful collections. I love how it turned out and I love the way a sketch allows you to worry less about the design of your layout and focus on the fun stuff!

If you want to see my process, you can watch me put it all together in this video:

And, here are some close ups of the layout:

We can’t wait to see how you use this sketch! For a chance to win a $10 gift certificate to our shop, create any type of project inspired by today’s sketch, upload it to the Member gallery and leave a comment here with the link by January 27th. A random winner will be selected and posted with the next sketch on January 28th.

And, congrats to our randomly selected winner this week! Meagain created this “Master Chef” layout from our previous sketch! Please email us at info@shopellesstudio.com to claim your prize!

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Introducing Little Moments

January 13, 2016

We are thrilled to introduce to you our next collection: Little Moments. This sweet collection will have you ready to document those little moments you adore so much. This collection has 12 x 12 papers, labels, journaling tags, die cuts, wood veneers, acrylic, stamps, stickers, and a 6 x 6 paper stack!

Here is the very first look at Little Moments:

This new collection will start shipping to stores the first week of February and is available for wholesale pre-order now, so make sure you call your local scrapbook store or email your favorite online store and request this collection! This collection should also be available in our shop in March.

We would love to hear what your favorite part of the collection is – leave a comment on this post and we’ll draw two winners to receive a Little Moments collection pack! Winners will be drawn and posted on our blog on Monday, January 18th, 2016.

Thank you so much for stopping by on this exciting day – we appreciate each one of you so much!

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Going BIG with Printables by Maggie Massey

January 13, 2016

Hey everyone! Maggie here with my very first ES blog post! So exciting! Today I’m featuring the This Is Love printables… well, one printable in particular.

One of my favorite things to do with printable cards is use them as my background on a page. And that’s exactly what I did with the “real life” card available this month.

I opened the card up in my photo editing program (I used Photoshop, but you can use any editing program) and simply increased the image size to 8.5″x11″ – then just printed the image out on cardstock…easy peasy!

Products used: This Is Love printables, January Kit, Joyful Paper Collection, Joyful Stickers, Mint Letters & Numbers, Joyful Bits & Pieces

I used the large journaling section at the bottom of the page as a mat for my photos and added a few more small embellishments. I didn’t need a ton of journaling on this page, because I think the story is told well enough by the photos themselves. I added a sheet of Christmas Tree patterned paper (cut to 9×12) from the Joyful Collection behind my printable and done!

We’d love to see how you used our printables this month! Share them with us in our Member Gallery or on Instagram with the hashtag #ellesstudio!

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